Imbabura

Para el volcán homónimo, véase Volcán Imbabura.
Provincia de Imbabura |
Provincia de Ecuador |

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Capital | Ibarra |
• Población | 181.722 |
Entidad | Provincia |
• País | Ecuador |
Prefecto | Diego García |
Subdivisiones | 6 cantones |
Fundación | 25 de junio del 1824 |
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• Total | 4,599 km² |
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• Total |418,357 hab. |
• Densidad | 90,97 hab/km² |
Gentilicio | imbabureño-a |
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Cuicocha Lake, is one of the representative of the "Province of Lakes"

Agriculture in the valleys of Imbabura

Cane fields of the sugar mill in Imbabura

Peguche waterfall near Otavalo

Active Crater of Lake Cuicocha in Imbabura, Ecuador

San Pablo Lake with the impressive ImbaburaMount

Puruhanta Lagoon in Pimampiro

Mojanda Lakes in Imbabura

European homes at the shores of Lake San Pablo in Imbabura

Black Lagoon, the smallest of Imbabura

Yahuarcoha Lagoon, the most important of Imbabura

Lagoon Father, one of the three of Mojanda

Puruhanta Lagoon at sunset

Set of Mojanda Lakes in Imbabura

Mojanda Lakes, the highest of Imbabura, the temperature herecan drop to -18 ª

Piñán Lagoons are a fishing spot and recreation

Boats to the side of Lake San Pablo .

Chota Valley, the lowest point of the Ecuadorian Andes

Fox hunting is the principal holiday of Ibarra, famous for being the most important celebrations of the city.

Ibarra is the capital of the province and its principal cultural and economic center

Forest Otavaleño
Imbabura isa province of Ecuador's Northern Sierra, known as the "Province of Lakes" by the large number of lakes that are located within the province, such as Lake San Pablo and lagoons of Cuicocha , Yaguarcocha ("lake of blood") and Puruhanta in Pimampiro, Ecuador, as well as other smaller: Lagoon San Marcos, Piñán Lagoons, Lakes and Lagoon Mojanda black. It is the most touristic province of continentalEcuador as well as the province with the highest European component of Ecuador. The capital of the province is Ibarra and the principal cities are Cotacachi, Otavalo, Atuntaqui and Urcuqui. Apart from its lakes, the province has many other attractions, such as volcanoes Imbabura and Cotacachi. The province is also known for their contrasts populational is thus than the population is marked bydifferent demographic factors, and has always been center of crafts and culture. It also has two zones: the first warm and dry, known as the Valle of the Chota and the warm subtropical Andean known as Intag and Lita (limit with the province of Esmeraldas). Imbabura has a population of 418,357 inhabitants, according to data from INEC (2010) 1 []
According to the latest territorial reorganization,Imbabura province belongs to the region also comprised by the Carchi, Esmeraldas and Sucumbios, and whose capital is at the same time Ibarra capital of this region.

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Toponimia
Imbabura takes the name of the same name of the volcano that is in Ibarra, Imbabura is in a lost language IMBAS = lands and BURAK = of the sunset, es decir IMBASBURAK =Land of Sundown, might also come from the Quechua "Imbaburak" "Meaning Mount Father, or Caranqui" Imbaguarbak " it means Golden Land of Steppes, as well as could come from a Spanish nickname Imvas-Burras which in turn comes from Catalan " path or mule path horsemen "referring to that was a strategic point between commerce and transport pre-Columbian, pre-Hispanic, colonial and republican.Demography
The population of Imbabura is marked by different demographic factors, has ethnic and demographic diversity of the Largest Ecuador after Quito, since according to the latest statistics of INEC, Imbabura has a 54% mestizo, 32% white people, 9% indigenous, 3% black and 2% spread between Asian , mulattoes, castizos and others.
Imbabura is the second province in Ecuador after Carchi aging and...